1. What is an artificial grass soccer shock pad?
The artificial grass system with a soccer shock pad means that it has long-lasting and stable shock absorption performance.
As an optional layer installed between artificial grass and ground foundation, it can ensure that artificial grass products have the lowest shock absorption performance. Meanwhile, it can also prolong the service life of artificial grass for a long time.
The main advantages of shock pad:
1. Protect athletes and excellent rebound performance;
2. Improve the service life of artificial turf system;
3. Speed up the drainage of artificial grass.
2. Generally, there are three categories of shock pads.
1. Designed and used for the sports industry;
2. Designed for other industries but can be used in the sports industry;
3. Not designed for the sports industry.
Evidently, the best shock pad products are those designed for the sports industry. Although other products can also provide corresponding performance for artificial grass systems, it may be necessary to further evaluate whether the relevant performance meets the standard and the stability of performance.
3. Why should football field contractors invest in installing a shock pad layer?
Because athletes tend to choose soccer pitches with a shock-pad layer. A recent study shows that because athletes are exposed to artificial grass surfaces for a long time, they unanimously tend to choose the field with a professional shock pad layer. It is more suitable for sports than the field without a shock pad. Generally speaking, the service life of shock pads is nearly twice that of artificial turf. The premium quality shock pad can not only prolong service life but also be recycled.
4. Reduce wear during maintenance
The artificial grass field with shock pad can not only maintain the high standard performance according to FIFA, FIH and ITF for a long time, but also is a responsible consideration for the safety of athletes.
For most artificial grass football fields, the maintenance may not be as planned as expected. During the use of the field, the splashing and compaction of the field infilling granule increase the risk of athletes’ injury in competition or training. But the artificial grass shock pad can effectively prevent this injury. The results of both laboratory and field tests show that the performance of the football grass systme with a shock pad layer is maintained for much longer than that without one.
5. Benefits of shock pads
Most importantly, it is related to the safe and interests of athletes themselves. The shock pad under artificial grass layer can obviously play a very important role. Nowadays, people pay more and more attention to the short-term or long-term impact of sports fields on Athletes’ health. Nobody would like to play on a artificial grass field that will hurt athletes. If we can reduce the risk of injury to athletes, we have an obligation to do so.
